Which to use
“simultané” and “simultanés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,231
- “simultané” frequency rank
- #46,453
- “simultanés” frequency rank
- 73684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | simultané | simultanés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a lieu en même temps qu’une autre chose. | Masculin pluriel de simultané. |
Same sound, different letters: simultané vs simultanés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. simultané runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against simultanés's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - simultané and simultanés
This is the hard kind. simultané and simultanés are pronounced identically (\si.myl.ta.ne\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “simultané” sits inside “simultanés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
simultané is recorded at frequency rank #27,231, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.myl.ta.ne\. simultanés is at rank #46,453, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.myl.ta.ne\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 73684, this pair ranks #39,627 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of simultané vs simultanés
Shared letters: ailmnstué. Private to "simultané": -. Private to "simultanés": -.
"simultané" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "simultanés" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "simultané" for "simultanés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "simultané" or "simultanés" show up more?
After this comparison
"simultané" and "simultanés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "simultané" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "simultanés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,627 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "simultané" and "simultanés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "simultanées vs simultanés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #39,627 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.